[gentoo-user] Re: Clock is way off
Grant wrote: > CLOCK="UTC" > TIMEZONE="US/Pacific" That looks fine. Do you dual-boot with Windows? In this case, set CLOCK="local". If not, something else is amiss. Where does /etc/localtime point? Is it consistent with the entry in /etc/conf.d/clock? HTH, Anno. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] zd1211 patch?
On Tue, 8 May 2007 17:56:36 +0200 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 08 May 2007, Arnau Bria wrote: > > Ok, but, what is the content of net_dev.patch? > > It's right there in your original mail: [...] > That IS what the patch file looks like. It will alter your Makefile, > and the epatch function in portage is smart enough to try apply the > patch to the following files in order: > > /root/tmp-new/Makefile > tmp-new/Makefile > Makefile Ok, thanks you very much for the explanation. > If that doesn't work, the patch itself is faulty Well, following all instructions and, now, yours, I ensure patch still doens't work FOR ME. My workaround was modifying Makefile in tgz and done an ebuild digest again. I could compile the driver. > for more info "man patch" I'll take a look, thanks > alan Arnau -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] no CD or DVD but "rules" seem correct
On Wednesday 09 May 2007, maxim wexler wrote: > Hi group, > > After upgrading from 2.6.16 to 2.6.20 kernel I no > longer can access CD or DVD. LOTS of kernel config changes related to ATA/SATA/PATA/IDE/libata changed in 2.6.18 and 2.6.19 - menus moved around, the code was refactored, selection names changed, etc, etc. If you are not absolutely sure your config is correct, please post your .config, lspci and details about what hardware you really have alan -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] I copied a Gentoo VM and now networking doesn't work.
I have a Gentoo VM that I've used for years (XP Host. Workstation 5.5.3). Works great. I copied the .vmdk and .vmx files to a new directory called "LAMP". I edited the .vmx file changing the appropriate paths. Now when I start the new VM, my networking fails. (I changed nothing inside the linux VM). ifconfig eth0 says: eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found dmesg | grep says: pcnet32.c:v1.33.27 blah blah blah pcnet32.c PCnet/PCI II . and my MAC address 00:0c:29:e8:fd:74 eth0: registered as PCnet/PCI II 79C970A pcnet32: 1 cards_found. lspci | grep net says: 00:11.0 Ethernet controller: [AMD] blah blah pcnet-diag says it finds the card etc. too. my kernel (2.6.19) is set to CONFIG_PCNET32=y, so I don't load it as a module. It seems that the driver is being loaded right? What could be the problem? If I load the original Gentoo VM, it works fine. Both are set to NAT. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] gnome power manager and gentoo-sources 2.6.21
Hi,
Some days ago I upgraded my kernel from gentoo sources 2.6.20-r5 to
2.6.21.
After this, gnome-power-manager could not sense the power source. It
shows always AC connector in, even it is running from battery.
Acpi shows me the fact, is it running from battery, but gnome power
manager cannot.
Switching back to the earlier kernel it is working well.
I recompiled hal/acpi, doesn't matter.
Does anybody know this issue? After googling I did not find solution.
Background:
fujitsu ~ # acpi -V
Battery 1: discharging, 82%, 02:54:15 remaining
Thermal 1: ok, 48.0 degrees C
AC Adapter 1: off-line
fujitsu ~ # eix sys-apps/hal
[I] sys-apps/hal
Available versions: 0.5.7.1-r3 0.5.7.1-r5 (~)0.5.8.1[1]
[M](~)0.5.9 {acpi crypt debug dell disk-partition dmi doc kernel_FreeBSD
kernel_linux pcmcia selinux}
Installed versions: 0.5.8.1[1](12:29:26 05/05/07)(acpi crypt
-debug -disk-partition -doc -mactel pcmcia -selinux)
Homepage:http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/hal
Description: Hardware Abstraction Layer
[1] /usr/portage/local/layman/gentopia
fujitsu ~ #
ACPI:
[I] sys-power/acpi
Available versions: 0.06-r5 (~)0.09
Installed versions: 0.09(12:26:37 05/05/07)
[I] sys-power/acpid
Available versions: 1.0.4-r2 1.0.4-r3 1.0.4-r4 {doc logrotate}
Installed versions: 1.0.4-r4(12:26:24 05/05/07)(-doc logrotate)
Regards,
IStván
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xorg-server blocked by ati-drivers
All versions of the ATI driver are blocking xorg-server 1.3 at the moment so you are not going to get around that one easily. If you look at the --tree to find out what package is asking for the upgrade of xorg-server and then mask that? this may help. On 08/05/07, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Stuart Howard gmail.com> writes: > This link to the forum though I realise it is nvidia based it may give > some further information the posts refer to a bug which further refers > to another bug which is the ATI issue but the general point is there. > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-556528-highlight-nvidia+block.html Hello Stuart, Interesting reading. Here's what I currently used on my system: x11-base/xorg-server Installed versions: 1.1.1-r1 x11-drivers/ati-drivers Installed versions: 8.35.5 This all works with my ATI 1900XT card (glx gears runs on a full 22 inch widescreen (1680 x 1050) at 1800 FPS. The little default 2x2 runs glxgears at 11,000 FPS. This might explain why every permutaion of ati-drivers and xorg-server that I entered into /etc/portage/package.mask does not neutralize the request to upgrade xorg-server to 1.3.0.0 ## I tried every permutation possible here, nothings masks ##the upgrade request so I can continue with routine upgrades <=x11-base/xorg-server-1.1.1-r1 >=x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.32.5 blocks B x11-drivers/ati-drivers ( is blocking x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0) I did not glean from the discussion how to neutralize the erroneous upgrade request so I can perform the other upgrades. Any ideas on that? James -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- "There are 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary, those who don't" --Unknown -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X
Francisco Rivas wrote: > Excuse me please, only few things.. > On 5/8/07, Francisco Rivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi, a few months ago I had the same problem [too], then : >> >> emerge xf86-input-mouse >> xf86-video-fbdev >> xf86-video-vga [1] >> xf86-video-vesa [1] >> xf86-input-keyboard >> >> Note: [1] Only if you want, because when you install the ati driver you >> don't need neather of them. >> >> By other side and very important (my recomendation), download ati >> 8.36driver and install it, reconfigure your >> xorg.conf doing this >> aticonfig --initial. It's a good idea you do a backup of your xorg.conf. > > > and after aticonfig --initial, and items before do startx.. and > $ glxinfo | grep direct [if you have a 3d accel the system response] > >direct rendering: Yes > Or > > $glxgears :D > > Please excuses for my english and regards :D > Hi Francisco I tried: emerge -va emerge -av ati-drivers but got this error: !!! ERROR: x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.32.5 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1614: Called dyn_compile ebuild.sh, line 971: Called qa_call 'src_compile' environment, line 4097: Called src_compile ati-drivers-8.32.5.ebuild, line 157: Called linux-mod_src_compile linux-mod.eclass, line 516: Called die !!! Unable to make GCC_VER_MAJ=4 KVER=2.6.20-gentoo-r7 KDIR=/usr/src/linux kmod_build. !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. !!! A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.32.5/temp/build.log'. Any hint on what could be the problem? Johannes Skov Frandsen -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] package.provided
On Tue, 08 May 2007 13:13:05 -0700 Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel Iliev wrote: > > Following the official docs [1] I did > > "echo x11-wm/aquamarine-0.2.1 > > >> /etc/portage/profile/package.provided" but it doesn't seem to > > >> help. > > The way that emerge currently behaves, that won't help if aquamarine > is listed in /var/lib/portage/world. If you've unmerged aquamarine > since then, it will have been removed from the world file. > I have never emerged aquamarine. It's not listed in the world file. -- Best regards, Daniel -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] I copied a Gentoo VM and now networking doesn't work.
On Wednesday 09 May 2007 02:55:42 Daevid Vincent wrote: > I have a Gentoo VM that I've used for years (XP Host. Workstation 5.5.3). > Works great. > > I copied the .vmdk and .vmx files to a new directory called "LAMP". I > edited the .vmx file changing the appropriate paths. Now when I start the > new VM, my networking fails. (I changed nothing inside the linux VM). > > ifconfig eth0 says: > eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found Check for other devices. udev now establishes persistent network device names based on MAC address (unless you add some of your own rules). It's very likely that the MAC address of the virtual device changed, and the "new" device is eth1 (or higher). This isn't really Gentoo specific. It's bit me on at least 2 other distros as well. (Mainly due to the network cards in one of my systems being "broken" so that the MAC is randomized by the kernel on each boot.) This new behavior is odd to me, but in the long run I think it'll improve usability of Linux in general. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.org/ \_/ pgp7LzQ3nbOPL.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] I copied a Gentoo VM and now networking doesn't work.
On Wednesday 09 May 2007 09:55:42 Daevid Vincent wrote: > I have a Gentoo VM that I've used for years (XP Host. Workstation 5.5.3). > Works great. > > I copied the .vmdk and .vmx files to a new directory called "LAMP". I > edited the .vmx file changing the appropriate paths. Now when I start the > new VM, my networking fails. (I changed nothing inside the linux VM). > . > If I load the original Gentoo VM, it works fine. Both are set to NAT. Take a look at /etc/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules and /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules Regards, Elias P. -- A really nice number: "09:F9:11:02:9D:74:E3:5B:D8:41:56:C5:63:56:88:C0" signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X
Hi Johannes and every friend of the list :D. Johannes two things: 1.- I think (i guess) it's better install the 8.36.5 ati drivers, because the 8.32.5 ati drivers is too bugs and is better have the actual driver, you can download from the ati page and put on the portage distfiles and install it. 2.- If you don't like the 1 then look here : http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-554065-start-0-postdays-0-postorder-asc-highlight-atidrivers.htmland http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-554736.html?sid=eeac31c8c7d77b4d130703a372462537 that persons have a problem very similary to yours. Well about your question I think, check your kernel configuration Graphics Drivers, you have to unmark the ATI modules of the kernel. At last, I had the same problem with 8.32.5 my laptop frezee and the only thing what can I do was reset using the Power bottom; and the solution was install the 8.36.5ati driver, believe me. I hope be helpfully to you, Have a nice day :D -- Francisco Rivas Linux User (New) : #448324 Linux Machine (New) : 355187
Re: [gentoo-user] package.provided
On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 12:22 +0300, Daniel Iliev wrote: > On Tue, 08 May 2007 13:13:05 -0700 > Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Daniel Iliev wrote: > > > Following the official docs [1] I did > > > "echo x11-wm/aquamarine-0.2.1 > > > >> /etc/portage/profile/package.provided" but it doesn't seem to > > > >> help. should there be a = before the package name? HTH, -- Iain Buchanan Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can read. -- Mark Twain -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Error Compiling splashutils
Hi all, I try to emerge splashutils and I get this error CC objs/splash.o In file included from /usr/lib/klibc/include/linux/fb.h:5, from util.h:42, from splash.c:26: /usr/include/linux/i2c.h:66: error: array type has incomplete element type /usr/include/linux/i2c.h:82: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'i2c_smbus_xfer' /usr/include/linux/i2c.h:90: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'i2c_smbus_write_quick' /usr/include/linux/i2c.h:91: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'i2c_smbus_read_byte' /usr/include/linux/i2c.h:92: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'i2c_smbus_write_byte' /usr/include/linux/i2c.h:93: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'i2c_smbus_read_byte_data' /usr/include/linux/i2c.h:94: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'i2c_smbus_write_byte_data' /usr/include/linux/i2c.h:96: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'i2c_smbus_read_word_data' /usr/include/linux/i2c.h:97: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'i2c_smbus_write_word_data' /usr/include/linux/i2c.h:100: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'i2c_smbus_write_block_data' /usr/include/linux/i2c.h:103: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data' /usr/include/linux/i2c.h:387: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'i2c_get_functionality' /usr/include/linux/i2c.h:390: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before 'u32' make: *** [objs/splash.o] Error 1 !!! ERROR: media-gfx/splashutils-1.4.1 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1614: Called dyn_compile ebuild.sh, line 971: Called qa_call 'src_compile' environment, line 3127: Called src_compile splashutils-1.4.1.ebuild, line 132: Called die !!! failed to build splashutils !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. !!! A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/splashutils-1.4.1/temp/build.log'. I don't have any idea... Thanks in advance and regards :D -- Francisco Rivas Linux User (New) : #448324 Linux Machine (New) : 355187
RE: [gentoo-user] no CD or DVD but "rules" seem correct
I can't even manually make the link cause there's no more /dev/hdc or /dev/hdd under $ls /dev. Nor do these devices appear in dmesg. Maybe you didn't built your kernel with IDE support. This might be the case if you use SATA harddisks. Try this command: zgrep IDE= /proc/config.gz;zgrep -w BLK_DEV_IDE= /proc/config.gz;zgrep BLK_DEV_IDECD= /proc/config.gz and post the output. Greetz, M i c h a e l - Kennt man wirklich jeden über 3 Ecken? Die Antworten gibt's bei Yahoo! Clever.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Clock is way off
> CLOCK="UTC" > TIMEZONE="US/Pacific" That looks fine. Do you dual-boot with Windows? In this case, set CLOCK="local". If not, something else is amiss. Gentoo only. :) Where does /etc/localtime point? Is it consistent with the entry in /etc/conf.d/clock? I have: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 255 Apr 25 20:58 /etc/localtime on the laptop with the incorrect time, and the router with the correct time. - Grant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] no CD or DVD but "rules" seem correct
--- Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 09 May 2007, maxim wexler wrote: > > Hi group, > > > > After upgrading from 2.6.16 to 2.6.20 kernel I no > > longer can access CD or DVD. > > LOTS of kernel config changes related to > ATA/SATA/PATA/IDE/libata > changed in 2.6.18 and 2.6.19 - menus moved around, > the code was > refactored, selection names changed, etc, etc. > > If you are not absolutely sure your config is > correct, please post > your .config, lspci and details about what hardware > you really have done # # Automatically generated make config: don't edit # Linux kernel version: 2.6.20-gentoo-r6 # Mon Apr 30 16:04:50 2007 # CONFIG_X86_32=y CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME=y CONFIG_LOCKDEP_SUPPORT=y CONFIG_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT=y CONFIG_SEMAPHORE_SLEEPERS=y CONFIG_X86=y CONFIG_MMU=y CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA=y CONFIG_GENERIC_IOMAP=y CONFIG_GENERIC_BUG=y CONFIG_GENERIC_HWEIGHT=y CONFIG_ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC=y CONFIG_DMI=y CONFIG_DEFCONFIG_LIST="/lib/modules/$UNAME_RELEASE/.config" # # Code maturity level options # # CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is not set CONFIG_BROKEN_ON_SMP=y CONFIG_INIT_ENV_ARG_LIMIT=32 # # General setup # CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="" # CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set CONFIG_SWAP=y CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y # CONFIG_IPC_NS is not set CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y # CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT_V3 is not set # CONFIG_TASKSTATS is not set # CONFIG_UTS_NS is not set # CONFIG_AUDIT is not set CONFIG_IKCONFIG=m CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y # CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED is not set # CONFIG_RELAY is not set CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE="" CONFIG_SYSCTL=y # CONFIG_EMBEDDED is not set CONFIG_UID16=y CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y # CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS is not set CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y CONFIG_PRINTK=y CONFIG_BUG=y CONFIG_ELF_CORE=y CONFIG_BASE_FULL=y CONFIG_FUTEX=y CONFIG_EPOLL=y CONFIG_SHMEM=y CONFIG_SLAB=y CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS=y CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES=y # CONFIG_TINY_SHMEM is not set CONFIG_BASE_SMALL=0 # CONFIG_SLOB is not set # # Loadable module support # CONFIG_MODULES=y CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y # CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set # CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL is not set CONFIG_KMOD=y # # Block layer # CONFIG_BLOCK=y # CONFIG_LBD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE is not set # CONFIG_LSF is not set # # IO Schedulers # CONFIG_IOSCHED_NOOP=y CONFIG_IOSCHED_AS=m CONFIG_IOSCHED_DEADLINE=m CONFIG_IOSCHED_CFQ=y # CONFIG_DEFAULT_AS is not set # CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEADLINE is not set CONFIG_DEFAULT_CFQ=y # CONFIG_DEFAULT_NOOP is not set CONFIG_DEFAULT_IOSCHED="cfq" # # Processor type and features # # CONFIG_SMP is not set CONFIG_X86_PC=y # CONFIG_X86_ELAN is not set # CONFIG_X86_VOYAGER is not set # CONFIG_X86_NUMAQ is not set # CONFIG_X86_SUMMIT is not set # CONFIG_X86_BIGSMP is not set # CONFIG_X86_VISWS is not set # CONFIG_X86_GENERICARCH is not set # CONFIG_X86_ES7000 is not set # CONFIG_M386 is not set # CONFIG_M486 is not set CONFIG_M586=y # CONFIG_M586TSC is not set # CONFIG_M586MMX is not set # CONFIG_M686 is not set # CONFIG_MPENTIUMII is not set # CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII is not set # CONFIG_MPENTIUMM is not set # CONFIG_MCORE2 is not set # CONFIG_MPENTIUM4 is not set # CONFIG_MK6 is not set # CONFIG_MK7 is not set # CONFIG_MK8 is not set # CONFIG_MCRUSOE is not set # CONFIG_MEFFICEON is not set # CONFIG_MWINCHIPC6 is not set # CONFIG_MWINCHIP2 is not set # CONFIG_MWINCHIP3D is not set # CONFIG_MGEODEGX1 is not set # CONFIG_MGEODE_LX is not set # CONFIG_MCYRIXIII is not set # CONFIG_MVIAC3_2 is not set # CONFIG_X86_GENERIC is not set CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y CONFIG_X86_XADD=y CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=5 CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y # CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_ILOG2_U32 is not set # CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_ILOG2_U64 is not set CONFIG_GENERIC_CALIBRATE_DELAY=y CONFIG_X86_PPRO_FENCE=y CONFIG_X86_F00F_BUG=y CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG64=y CONFIG_X86_ALIGNMENT_16=y # CONFIG_HPET_TIMER is not set # CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE is not set CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY=y # CONFIG_PREEMPT is not set # CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC is not set CONFIG_X86_MCE=y # CONFIG_X86_MCE_NONFATAL is not set CONFIG_VM86=y # CONFIG_TOSHIBA is not set # CONFIG_I8K is not set # CONFIG_X86_REBOOTFIXUPS is not set # CONFIG_MICROCODE is not set # CONFIG_X86_MSR is not set # CONFIG_X86_CPUID is not set # # Firmware Drivers # # CONFIG_EDD is not set # CONFIG_DELL_RBU is not set # CONFIG_DCDBAS is not set CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set # CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET=0xC000 CONFIG_ARCH_POPULATES_NODE_MAP=y CONFIG_FLATMEM=y CONFIG_FLAT_NODE_MEM_MAP=y # CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_STATIC is not set CONFIG_SPLIT_PTLOCK_CPUS=4 # CONFIG_RESOURCES_64BIT is not set # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set CONFIG_MTRR=y # CONFIG_SECCOMP is not set # CONFIG_HZ_100 is not set # CONFIG_HZ_250 is not set # CONFIG_HZ_300 is not set CONFIG_HZ_1000=y CONFIG_HZ=1000 # CONFIG_KEXEC is not set CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x10 CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN=0x10 # CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is not set # # Power management
Re: [gentoo-user] package.provided
On Wed, 09 May 2007 23:23:54 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > > > Following the official docs [1] I did > > > > "echo x11-wm/aquamarine-0.2.1 > > > > >> /etc/portage/profile/package.provided" but it doesn't seem to > > > > >> help. > > should there be a = before the package name? No, not for package.provided. -- Neil Bothwick Stupid user error. Terminate user (Y/n) ? signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Clock is way off
On Wed, 9 May 2007 14:27:52 +, Grant wrote: > I have: > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 255 Apr 25 20:58 /etc/localtime > > on the laptop with the incorrect time, and the router with the correct > time. That only tells us that /etc/localtime is a file, not which timezone data it contains. Re-emerging timezone-data will ensure that it has the data for the timezone you specified in /etc/conf.d/clock. Setting the timezone in /etc/conf.d/clock has no effect until you next emerge timezone-data. A 255 byte /etc/localtime is probably either Factory or localtime, i.e. nothing has been set. -- Neil Bothwick Irritable? Who the bloody hell are you calling irritable? signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Clock is way off
> I have: > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 255 Apr 25 20:58 /etc/localtime > > on the laptop with the incorrect time, and the router with the correct > time. That only tells us that /etc/localtime is a file, not which timezone data it contains. Re-emerging timezone-data will ensure that it has the data for the timezone you specified in /etc/conf.d/clock. Setting the timezone in /etc/conf.d/clock has no effect until you next emerge timezone-data. A 255 byte /etc/localtime is probably either Factory or localtime, i.e. nothing has been set. Just what I needed. Thanks Neil. - Grant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] no CD or DVD but "rules" seem correct
On Wednesday 09 May 2007, maxim wexler wrote: > --- Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wednesday 09 May 2007, maxim wexler wrote: > > > Hi group, > > > > > > After upgrading from 2.6.16 to 2.6.20 kernel I no > > > longer can access CD or DVD. > > > > LOTS of kernel config changes related to > > ATA/SATA/PATA/IDE/libata > > changed in 2.6.18 and 2.6.19 - menus moved around, > > the code was > > refactored, selection names changed, etc, etc. > > > > If you are not absolutely sure your config is > > correct, please post > > your .config, lspci and details about what hardware > > you really have > > done You didn't say what bus type of cd & dvd you have, so I'm going to assume that they are IDE (or PATA in the new lingo). Speak up if they are actually SATA devices [snip] > # > # Processor type and features > # [snip] > CONFIG_M586=y Nothing to do with your disks, but why this setting? You seem to have a 64bit Opteron, not a MkI pentium > # CONFIG_M586TSC is not set > # CONFIG_M586MMX is not set > # CONFIG_M686 is not set > # CONFIG_MPENTIUMII is not set > # CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII is not set > # CONFIG_MPENTIUMM is not set > # CONFIG_MCORE2 is not set > # CONFIG_MPENTIUM4 is not set > # CONFIG_MK6 is not set > # CONFIG_MK7 is not set > # CONFIG_MK8 is not set maybe this one is more suitable for your hardware [snip] > # > # ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support > # > CONFIG_IDE=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y > > # > # Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on > IDE drives > # > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_SATA is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y > CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set > # CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL is not set > > # > # IDE chipset support/bugfixes > # > CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=m is this module loaded? > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y > CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_FORCED is not set > CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y > # CONFIG_IDEDMA_ONLYDISK is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AEC62XX is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3 is not set > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX=m is this module loaded? > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATIIXP is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRIFLEX is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CY82C693 is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530 is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5535 is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT34X is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366 is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_JMICRON is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SC1200 is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IT821X is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_OLD is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX_NEW is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SVWKS is not set > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIIMAGE=m > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513 is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SLC90E66 is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX is not set > # CONFIG_IDE_ARM is not set > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y > # CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB is not set > CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y > # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set [snip] > # > # Serial ATA (prod) and Parallel ATA (experimental) > drivers > # > CONFIG_ATA=y > # CONFIG_ATA_NONSTANDARD is not set > # CONFIG_SATA_AHCI is not set > # CONFIG_SATA_SVW is not set > # CONFIG_ATA_PIIX is not set > CONFIG_SATA_NV=y > # CONFIG_PDC_ADMA is not set > # CONFIG_SATA_QSTOR is not set > # CONFIG_SATA_PROMISE is not set > CONFIG_SATA_SIL=y > # CONFIG_SATA_SIL24 is not set > # CONFIG_SATA_SIS is not set > # CONFIG_SATA_ULI is not set > # CONFIG_SATA_VIA is not set > # CONFIG_SATA_VITESSE is not set > # CONFIG_PATA_AMD is not set You could try this one as a module and see if it works [snip] > As in the original post have /dev/hdc lite-on cdrom > reader/writer and /dev/hdd have creative labs dvd reader. At first glance your .config looks ok, so make sure those modules are in fact loading. And we should check that the devices haven't changed names meanwhile... The major/minor numbers will be the same, so run ls -al and grep for these strings: "3, 0" "22, 0" "33, 0" and anything else you might find relevant in /Documentation/devices.txt alan -- Optimists say the glass is half full, Pessimists say the glass is half empty, Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Clock is way off
Hello everyone, I recently had to reset my clock to a more "correct" (that may be subjective) setting. In your case I would set my /etc/conf.d/clock file as: CLOCK="UTC" TIMEZONE="US/Pacific" then I would assure that my /etc/localtime file is correct with the next command: $ cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Pacific /etc/localtime If you have no zoneinfo files then consider emerging 'timezone-data'. The setting like that should be fine and if you have an offset it's that your hardware clock must be set to a time that is considered as UTC (since you have "CLOCK=UTC" in your conf) while it's not. So set your clock correctly with rdate, ntp whatever... and then write your system clock to your hardware clock (I guess this action is done at shut down). You may use the following command : $ hwclock --systohc Then your machine is ready to have correct time as UTC. Be sure to have your profile environnement variable TZ to be set to your timezone. In your .profile : export TZ="US/Pacific"; Concerning dual boot.. as I am in !! Everywhere I could see advice to set my CLOCK var to "local" but that's always a mess with the timezone... so the simple thing is to deactivate the Microsoft Windows update or at least to set it to UTC time.. Thus keeping CLOCK="UTC" which would be a quite good standard. But I understand Gentoo is installed to cause no harm to Windows, thats why there is this CLOCK="local" attitude I guess. Hope that helps I'd be happy to share the pros and the cons... -- Redouane BOUMGHAR Physics, Remote Sensing and Digital Imagery Engineer Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 9 May 2007 14:27:52 +, Grant wrote: I have: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 255 Apr 25 20:58 /etc/localtime on the laptop with the incorrect time, and the router with the correct time. That only tells us that /etc/localtime is a file, not which timezone data it contains. Re-emerging timezone-data will ensure that it has the data for the timezone you specified in /etc/conf.d/clock. Setting the timezone in /etc/conf.d/clock has no effect until you next emerge timezone-data. A 255 byte /etc/localtime is probably either Factory or localtime, i.e. nothing has been set. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Clock is way off
Redouane Boumghar wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I recently had to reset my clock to a more "correct" (that may be > subjective) setting. > In your case I would set my /etc/conf.d/clock file as: > > CLOCK="UTC" > TIMEZONE="US/Pacific" > then I would assure that my /etc/localtime file is correct with the > next command: > > $ cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Pacific /etc/localtime > > > Hope that helps > I'd be happy to share the pros and the cons... > I think you are supposed to link that localtime file instead of copying. If the file in zoneinfo gets updated then the one in /etc will still be the old one. Someone correct me if I am wrong here. Dale :-) :-) :-) -- www.myspace.com/-remove-me-dalek1967 Copy n paste then remove the -remove-me- part. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] superblock write time in future (UTC vs localtime)
In aug 06 bug 142850 was opened. The symptom is the boot message /dev/hda6: Superblock last write time is in the future. FIXED. >From the bug report and followups, I gather that early in the boot sequence the system believes the hwclock is in UTC and hence for those of us using localtime to dual boot windows, we have this problem. Some workarounds have been proposed such as having the clock initscript precede checkroot or "adding the right number of seconds in the kernel". Alternatively one could learn to "live with" the warning printed above. I assume a number of you use local time not UTC and wonder how you are dealing with this problem. Since I boot windows *very* rarely, I could switch to UTC and repair the damage after every windows boot. thanks, allan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Clock is way off
On 09 May 2007, Dale wrote: > Redouane Boumghar wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > I recently had to reset my clock to a more "correct" (that may be > > subjective) setting. > > In your case I would set my /etc/conf.d/clock file as: > > > > CLOCK="UTC" > > TIMEZONE="US/Pacific" > > then I would assure that my /etc/localtime file is correct with the > > next command: > > > > $ cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Pacific /etc/localtime > > > > > > Hope that helps > > I'd be happy to share the pros and the cons... > > I think you are supposed to link that localtime file instead of > copying. If the file in zoneinfo gets updated then the one in /etc will > still be the old one. > > Someone correct me if I am wrong here. Either way is possible. I prefer a link so I can see what /etc/localtime points to. Uwe -- The Informal Linux Group Namibia: http://www.linux.org.na SysEx (Pty) Ltd.: http://www.SysEx.com.na -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Clock is way off
On Wed, 09 May 2007 12:05:05 -0500, Dale wrote: > I think you are supposed to link that localtime file instead of > copying. If the file in zoneinfo gets updated then the one in /etc will > still be the old one. You are not supposed to link it any more, because that will break if /usr has not yet been mounted. Set the correct timezone in /etc/conf.d/clock and portage will copy the correct file to /etc/localtime whenever you update timezone-data. > Someone correct me if I am wrong here. Done ;-) -- Neil Bothwick Press every key to continue. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off]
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 09 May 2007 12:05:05 -0500, Dale wrote: > > I think you are supposed to link that localtime file instead of > > copying. If the file in zoneinfo gets updated then the one in > > /etc will still be the old one. > > You are not supposed to link it any more, because that will break > if /usr has not yet been mounted. Are there (still) people who have /usr on a separate partition? And if so, why? I only have /home and /usr/portage on separate partitions, everything else is on /, even /boot. Benno -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off]
On Wed, 09 May 2007 19:53:08 +0200, Benno Schulenberg wrote: > > You are not supposed to link it any more, because that will break > > if /usr has not yet been mounted. > > Are there (still) people who have /usr on a separate partition? > And if so, why? I do, because everything but / and /boot is on LVM. Even if you don't have a separate /usr, the current method is far easier to maintain because your timezone is set in one of the standard configuration files rather than a symlink somewhere else. -- Neil Bothwick "I am Homer of the Borg. You will be assim Hmm... Donuts..." signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off]
Benno Schulenberg wrote: Are there (still) people who have /usr on a separate partition? And if so, why? I only have /home and /usr/portage on separate partitions, everything else is on /, even /boot. I have /usr on a separate lvm device just so I can shift around drive space (my gentoo machine is an older machine with not a ton of HD space, so the ability to change the sizes of different volumes is great!) R -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off]
On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 19:53 +0200, Benno Schulenberg wrote: > Are there (still) people who have /usr on a separate partition? > And if so, why? Because if you've got a lab full of similarly-configured workstations or a forward-facing cluster of load-balancing servers, it may be more convenient to have them all mount /usr, /home, etc. from a centrally-managed file server. -- Albert W. Hopkins -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Need procmail recipe
Hi, Am Dienstag, 08. Mai 2007, 14:52:15 -0500 schrieb Michael Sullivan: > On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 20:33 +0200, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > Am Dienstag, 08. Mai 2007, 13:07:54 -0500 schrieb Michael Sullivan: > > > I need a procmail recipe that will allow all mails marked as spam to be > > > delivered to a dovecot maildir-style folder called Suspect located > > > in /home/michael/.maildir/.Suspect (with new, cur, tmp as subdirs). > > > > If you don't want to write it in Procmail, maybe you like to > > do some Ruby. I once composed my own mail filter. It's not > > documented very well but really easy to use. > > > > http://opensource.bertram-scharpf.de/sites/cropmail/ > > I keep trying to emerge it, and it keeps giving me a digest error: Arrgh! I admit I installed it once and did not advertise it very well. Then came some corrections ... Sorry! Please try again and please complain if it still should not work. Thanks for the feedback. Bertram -- Bertram Scharpf Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany http://www.bertram-scharpf.de -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Clock is way off
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 09 May 2007 12:05:05 -0500, Dale wrote: > > >> I think you are supposed to link that localtime file instead of >> copying. If the file in zoneinfo gets updated then the one in /etc will >> still be the old one. >> > > You are not supposed to link it any more, because that will break if /usr > has not yet been mounted. Set the correct timezone in /etc/conf.d/clock > and portage will copy the correct file to /etc/localtime whenever you > update timezone-data. > > >> Someone correct me if I am wrong here. >> > > Done ;-) > > > Learn something every day. Funny, it has been a long time since I had to reinstall Linux. It just runs and runs and runs and runs and runs and runs and runs. . . . . . I did check and it was changed to a regular file on mine too. I guess it did that itself during the update. I don't remember doing it anyway. Thanks for the correction. Dale :-) :-) :-) :-) -- www.myspace.com/-remove-me-dalek1967 Copy n paste then remove the -remove-me- part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off]
On Wed, 09 May 2007 19:53:08 +0200 Benno Schulenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are there (still) people who have /usr on a separate partition? > And if so, why? > Yes, I'm one of those. Some say it gives performance boost (I'm not sure about it), but more importantly it gives (partial) protection from file system damage. How come? The partitions with most frequent writes are those containing /var /home and /tmp. In case of power failure or system lock-up the chances are better that a file system not taking writes at the moment would survive the crash. Following this logic and since /usr contains most of the programs and /bin & /sbin contain most of the basic OS, those should reside on partitions with rare writes. -- Best regards, Daniel -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] no CD or DVD but "rules" seem correct-FIXED
> > CONFIG_M586=y > Nothing to do with your disks, but why this setting? > You seem to have a 64bit Opteron, not a MkI pentium CPU is an AMD product, sempron3100, 32bit. It's based on the 3200 64bit. > > CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=m > > is this module loaded? Overlooked this one. I loaded it and the lite-on CD now works but not the DVD. > > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX=m > > is this module loaded? Didn't make a difference. > And we should check that the devices haven't changed > names meanwhile... > The major/minor numbers will be the same, so run ls > -al and grep for > these strings: ls -al where? Under /dev lrwxrwxrwx 1 rootroot 3 May 9 08:25 cdrom -> hdc lrwxrwxrwx 1 rootroot 3 May 9 08:25 cdrom1 -> hdd lrwxrwxrwx 1 rootroot 3 May 9 08:25 cdrw -> hdc appear since loading ide-generic.ko [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ls -l /dev/hdd brw-rw 1 root cdrom 22, 64 May 9 08:25 /dev/hdd Which matches numbers from devices.txt. OK, success! gmplayer looks for /dev/dvd so I changed that in gmplayer->preferences to /dev/cdrom1 and now all is peace and light. Thanks Alan Maxim __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] freetype-2.3.3 messed up my desktop
On Wednesday 09 May 2007, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > Just updated my laptop and noticed that freetype-2.3.3 was installed. > Restarted xorg and the font size and legibility of X apps changed for the > worse. The fonts are now considerably smaller, anti-aliasing makes them > look really blurred, fixed-width font in Kmail is shown grey(!), etc. > > Am I the only one that had this unwelcome (in my case) change? I tried > removing anti-aliasing for fonts 06-12ps, but then they looked rather > jagged and extremely wiry (too thin). I'd rather didn't change everything > to bold, but fear that in five minutes I am going to get a migraine due to > eye strain! :) > > Is this the way it is supposed to look? They look ok to me... Maybe your resolution changed somehow (very unlikely...) I experienced similar problems with a 15 inch monitor that got a resolution bigger than what it could handle... But your screenshot is 1024x768 so unless you scaled it down, that would be my guess... Maybe someone else has another idea? > PS. In reality it looks more blurred that the attached picture, probably > because of the low quality of the monitor. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Error Compiling splashutils [SOLVED]
Hi all, The solution to the error is install a new linux-headers, Spock said try remerging klibc or updating your kernel and the problem was about linux-headers. Updating linux-headers solved the problem for me. now I emerge splashutils and it works. Thanks to every people help me with this :d -- Francisco Rivas Linux User (New) : #448324 Linux Machine (New) : 355187
Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off]
Hello Daniel Iliev, > Some say it gives performance boost (I'm not sure about it), but more > importantly it gives (partial) protection from file system damage. How > come? The partitions with most frequent writes are those > containing /var /home and /tmp. In case of power failure or system > lock-up the chances are better that a file system not taking writes at > the moment would survive the crash. Following this logic and since /usr > contains most of the programs and /bin & /sbin contain most of the > basic OS, those should reside on partitions with rare writes. You could also argue that /usr needs the least protection from filesystem damage, because it contains no data. /usr can be repaired with a reinstall, unlike /var, /home or /etc. -- Neil Bothwick "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Need procmail recipe
On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 20:50 +0200, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > Hi, > > Am Dienstag, 08. Mai 2007, 14:52:15 -0500 schrieb Michael Sullivan: > > On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 20:33 +0200, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > > Am Dienstag, 08. Mai 2007, 13:07:54 -0500 schrieb Michael Sullivan: > > > > I need a procmail recipe that will allow all mails marked as spam to be > > > > delivered to a dovecot maildir-style folder called Suspect located > > > > in /home/michael/.maildir/.Suspect (with new, cur, tmp as subdirs). > > > > > > If you don't want to write it in Procmail, maybe you like to > > > do some Ruby. I once composed my own mail filter. It's not > > > documented very well but really easy to use. > > > > > > http://opensource.bertram-scharpf.de/sites/cropmail/ > > > > I keep trying to emerge it, and it keeps giving me a digest error: > > Arrgh! I admit I installed it once and did not advertise it > very well. Then came some corrections ... Sorry! > > Please try again and please complain if it still should not > work. > > Thanks for the feedback. > > Bertram > > > -- > Bertram Scharpf > Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany > http://www.bertram-scharpf.de OKay. It emerged. Now, how do I plug it into sendmail? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: zd1211 patch?
I have added a new fixed ebuild to the tree now :) Best regards, Stefan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off]
On Wed, 9 May 2007 21:03:58 +0100 Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Daniel Iliev, > > > Some say it gives performance boost (I'm not sure about it), but > > more importantly it gives (partial) protection from file system > > damage. How come? The partitions with most frequent writes are those > > containing /var /home and /tmp. In case of power failure or system > > lock-up the chances are better that a file system not taking writes > > at the moment would survive the crash. Following this logic and > > since /usr contains most of the programs and /bin & /sbin contain > > most of the basic OS, those should reside on partitions with rare > > writes. > > You could also argue that /usr needs the least protection from > filesystem damage, because it contains no data. /usr can be repaired > with a reinstall, unlike /var, /home or /etc. > > That's a good point. Only for the sake of arguing: those need no FS protection, but recent back-ups :) -- Best regards, Daniel -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off]
On Wednesday 09 May 2007, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off]': > Hello Daniel Iliev, > > > Some say it gives performance boost (I'm not sure about it), but more > > importantly it gives (partial) protection from file system damage. > > You could also argue that /usr needs the least protection from > filesystem damage, because it contains no data. /usr can be repaired > with > a reinstall, unlike /var, /home or /etc. That's my view, which is why /usr (fast, RAID0) is separate from / (containing /etc; RAID6) on my machine. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.org/ \_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] freetype-2.3.3 messed up my desktop
On Wednesday 09 May 2007 21:30, Elias Probst wrote: > On Wednesday 09 May 2007 21:51:51 Nistor Andrei wrote: > > On Wednesday 09 May 2007, Mick wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > Just updated my laptop and noticed that freetype-2.3.3 was installed. > > > Restarted xorg and the font size and legibility of X apps changed for > > > the worse. The fonts are now considerably smaller, anti-aliasing makes > > > them look really blurred, fixed-width font in Kmail is shown grey(!), > > > etc. > > I have this problem too. > After doing a > rm -rf /etc/font* /home/*/.font* && emerge freetype && X restart > font rendering was a little bit better, but there are still two issues (see > also attached screenshots): > - The bullets of the password text input field in KDE are pixelized > - Konsole fonts have unconsistent fontkerning > > See also this URLs for troubleshooting regarding freetype-2.3.3: > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-558045.html > http://wiki.gentoo-xeffects.org/Font_Rendering Thank you very much! The suggestions in the links and remerging fontconfig and freetype fixed it. Phew! I thought that I might have to get used to the eye-strain. o_o Unless the string you suggested above is wrong you may want to also emerge fontconfig to see if it makes any difference? Thanks again. :) -- Regards, Mick pgptbhXSvl8hL.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off]
On Thu, 10 May 2007 00:21:06 +0300, Daniel Iliev wrote: > > You could also argue that /usr needs the least protection from > > filesystem damage, because it contains no data. /usr can be repaired > > with a reinstall, unlike /var, /home or /etc. > That's a good point. > > Only for the sake of arguing: those need no FS protection, but > recent back-ups :) Recent is never recent enough. I used to think daily backups were fine, until a failure at 5pm cost me a day's work :( -- Neil Bothwick Forget the Joneses...I can't keep up with The Simpsons. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Need procmail recipe
Michael Sullivan wrote: OKay. It emerged. Now, how do I plug it into sendmail? emerge -C sendmail Nobody with any sense has run sendmail for years - it has been replaced with several superior alternatives. Be lucky, Neil -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off]
quoth the Benno Schulenberg: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Wed, 09 May 2007 12:05:05 -0500, Dale wrote: > > > I think you are supposed to link that localtime file instead of > > > copying. If the file in zoneinfo gets updated then the one in > > > /etc will still be the old one. > > > > You are not supposed to link it any more, because that will break > > if /usr has not yet been mounted. > > Are there (still) people who have /usr on a separate partition? > And if so, why? I have heard you can use a separate /usr to enhance security by mounting it readonly under normal circumstances. This way, bad guys can't mess with your binaries in /usr/bin and /usr/sbin, though it seems to me if they have access to mess with your /usr they can mess with anything anyway so... I do have a separate /usr, but do not mount it readonly, as I --sync enough to make remounting it daily rather annoying. > I only have /home and /usr/portage on separate partitions, > everything else is on /, even /boot. > > Benno -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off]
On Wednesday 09 May 2007 22:22, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Wednesday 09 May 2007, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off]': > > Hello Daniel Iliev, > > > > > Some say it gives performance boost (I'm not sure about it), but more > > > importantly it gives (partial) protection from file system damage. > > > > You could also argue that /usr needs the least protection from > > filesystem damage, because it contains no data. /usr can be repaired > > with > > a reinstall, unlike /var, /home or /etc. > > That's my view, which is why /usr (fast, RAID0) is separate from / > (containing /etc; RAID6) on my machine. These days I keep /usr/portage on a separate partition to minimise fs fragmentation. On an old slooow box of mine I have /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/lib on separate disks, as well as /var/tmp and /usr/bin and keep them on primary partitions for extra speed and parallel access/processing across two different IDE controllers: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Multi-Disk-HOWTO.html One can get really silly at this, I certainly did, but on modern machines with SATA drives the difference in speed is probably marginal. I didn't keep notes of any benchmarks but despite the asthmatic hardware my multi-disk/partitioning scheme did pay some noticeable dividends as far as I can recall. Of course, YMMV. -- Regards, Mick pgpbDa8zxBFRq.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] freetype-2.3.3 messed up my desktop
On Thursday 10 May 2007 23:33:34 Mick wrote: > Unless the string you suggested above is wrong you may want to also emerge > fontconfig to see if it makes any difference? > > Thanks again. :) Oups, you're right. "emerge fontconfig" did the trick for me! Ugly rendering of Konsole and password bullets has gone. Regards, Elias P. -- A really nice number: "09:F9:11:02:9D:74:E3:5B:D8:41:56:C5:63:56:88:C0" signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off]
On Wednesday 09 May 2007 23:49:45 darren kirby wrote: > I do have a separate /usr, but do not mount it readonly, as I --sync enough > to make remounting it daily rather annoying. Congratulations! You've just explained why PORTDIR defaulting to /usr/portage is stupid. The logical location for the tree would be on /var ... :) -- Bo Andresen signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off]
On Wed, 09 May 2007 15:49:45 -0600, darren kirby wrote: > I have heard you can use a separate /usr to enhance security by > mounting it readonly under normal circumstances. This way, bad guys > can't mess with your binaries in /usr/bin and /usr/sbin, Instead of only being able to get at the really important stuff in /bin and /sbin? > I do have a separate /usr, but do not mount it readonly, as I --sync > enough to make remounting it daily rather annoying. 1) Use a script to remount /usr, sysnc, remount /usr 2) Much better, use a separate filesystem for /usr/portage (or put it on /var) 3) Better still, http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Speeding_up_portage#Make_A_Sparse_File_to_create_portage_in -- Neil Bothwick "One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" - Adolf Hitler signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off]
On Thu, 10 May 2007 01:01:32 +0200, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: > > I do have a separate /usr, but do not mount it readonly, as I --sync > > enough to make remounting it daily rather annoying. > > Congratulations! You've just explained why PORTDIR defaulting > to /usr/portage is stupid. The logical location for the tree would be > on /var ... :) Except that running emerge --sync without following it with emerge --update is rather pointless, and that would require /usr to be mounted rw wherever $PORTDIR was. I do agree that /var is a far more logical location. -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 26: Software documentation signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] new install - X fails
Just got a D420 laptop and wanted to setup gentoo... Booted from cd, got to the OpenGL start, and X fails ... On looking at the details dialog, I find Dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so: undefined symbol: (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so (EE) Failed to load module "GLcore" (loader failed, 7) In the X details dialog, other than the mouse error, and (what seems like) all of the fonts being invalid (Info and Warnings) The last line says: (EE) No devices detected. Fatal server error: No screens found The display (according to lspci) is Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express. Do I need to customize the xorg.conf file to get the install to work? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] new install - X fails
On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 19:52 -0400, JD wrote: > Just got a D420 laptop and wanted to setup gentoo... > Booted from cd, got to the OpenGL start, and X fails ... > > On looking at the details dialog, I find > Dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so: undefined symbol: > (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so > (EE) Failed to load module "GLcore" (loader failed, 7) That means it was not able to find the GLcore module. Try locating it with $ locate libGLcore.so on my system its in /usr/lib. You could den update the modules path in xorg.conf or symlink (but the latter is no good idea) Unfortunately I have no idea which package it belongs to. (Xorg itself?) > > In the X details dialog, other than the mouse error, and (what seems like) > all of the fonts being invalid (Info and Warnings) > The last line says: > (EE) No devices detected. > Fatal server error: > No screens found > It just can't find a lot of fonts. Don't worry, they can be added later. A recent version of x.org should really behave well despite this. The "No Screens found" is the usual output xorg gives when it encounters one or more errors during start up. > The display (according to lspci) is Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express. > > Do I need to customize the xorg.conf file to get the install to work? > You could just try commenting the line 'Load "GLcore"' in xorg.conf. That's just if you don't need GL-support for things like beryl. > Regards, Aleks -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off]
On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 01:01 +0200, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: > On Wednesday 09 May 2007 23:49:45 darren kirby wrote: > > I do have a separate /usr, but do not mount it readonly, as I --sync enough > > to make remounting it daily rather annoying. > > Congratulations! You've just explained why PORTDIR defaulting to /usr/portage > is stupid. The logical location for the tree would be on /var ... :) > I think the original reason for this is that FreeBSD ports is also in /usr/ports. FS-optimization freaks (like myself) can always generate a sparse file and/or mount /usr/portage somewhere else. A script that does the update after this (w/ remounting and the like) is no big magic. Regards, Aleks -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off]
quoth the Neil Bothwick: > On Wed, 09 May 2007 15:49:45 -0600, darren kirby wrote: > > I have heard you can use a separate /usr to enhance security by > > mounting it readonly under normal circumstances. This way, bad guys > > can't mess with your binaries in /usr/bin and /usr/sbin, > > Instead of only being able to get at the really important stuff in /bin > and /sbin? Well, very nice how you trimmed the part of my original email that speaks to your question and makes the same point as you, but thanks for making me look stupid anyway... Yeah, I know, I make myself look stupid, right ;) -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off]
On Wed, 09 May 2007 18:31:07 -0600, darren kirby wrote: > quoth the Neil Bothwick: > > On Wed, 09 May 2007 15:49:45 -0600, darren kirby wrote: > > > I have heard you can use a separate /usr to enhance security by > > > mounting it readonly under normal circumstances. This way, bad guys > > > can't mess with your binaries in /usr/bin and /usr/sbin, > > > > Instead of only being able to get at the really important stuff > > in /bin and /sbin? > > Well, very nice how you trimmed the part of my original email that > speaks to your question and makes the same point as you, but thanks for > making me look stupid anyway... The part I trimmed was "though it seems to me if they have access to mess with your /usr they can mess with anything anyway so..." which I guess could mean what you say you meant rather than how I read it. Sorry if you think I twisted your post, that wasn't my intention. -- Neil Bothwick Remember that the Titanic was built by experts, and the Ark by a newbie signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off]
quoth the Neil Bothwick: > The part I trimmed was "though it seems to me if they have access > to mess with your /usr they can mess with anything anyway so..." which I > guess could mean what you say you meant rather than how I read it. Sorry > if you think I twisted your post, that wasn't my intention. It's cool, I just thought it was funny ;) -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] new install - X fails
Thanks, Alex. I had to run 'installer' from commandline. Went with the recommended setup; got an Exception that the dialog says "this is a Bad Thing" ... I've done it twice, gotten to this point, and whether I choose 'yes' or 'no' to the prompt at this point, the system hangs, with no choice but to start over. So, the stage 3 installer for 64 bit looks hosed. I'm afraid its back to the Minimal CD and building the system again from scratch. I really hope the developer's can get this resolved... I was perfectly happy with stage1 and building from scratch back in the beginning. This 'helping to get a system up faster' just isn't working when it comes to gentoo... -Original Message- From: Aleksandar L. Dimitrov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 10:13 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new install - X fails On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 19:52 -0400, JD wrote: > Just got a D420 laptop and wanted to setup gentoo... > Booted from cd, got to the OpenGL start, and X fails ... > > On looking at the details dialog, I find > Dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so: undefined symbol: > (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so > (EE) Failed to load module "GLcore" (loader failed, 7) That means it was not able to find the GLcore module. Try locating it with $ locate libGLcore.so on my system its in /usr/lib. You could den update the modules path in xorg.conf or symlink (but the latter is no good idea) Unfortunately I have no idea which package it belongs to. (Xorg itself?) > > In the X details dialog, other than the mouse error, and (what seems like) > all of the fonts being invalid (Info and Warnings) > The last line says: > (EE) No devices detected. > Fatal server error: > No screens found > It just can't find a lot of fonts. Don't worry, they can be added later. A recent version of x.org should really behave well despite this. The "No Screens found" is the usual output xorg gives when it encounters one or more errors during start up. > The display (according to lspci) is Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS/940GML Express. > > Do I need to customize the xorg.conf file to get the install to work? > You could just try commenting the line 'Load "GLcore"' in xorg.conf. That's just if you don't need GL-support for things like beryl. > Regards, Aleks -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
